Definition of accomplishmentnext
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the state of being actual or complete a long, difficult project whose accomplishment we wondered if we would ever see

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Recent Examples of accomplishment And when Ohtani, Judge and Tarik Skubal repeated their accomplishments in 2025 as NL MVP, AL MVP and AL Cy Young winner, something had to be done to commemorate that, too, so the dual Gold Logoman patch cards were created. Larry Holder, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2026 While sitting next to her at Sant Ambroeus in New York, Twine is as light and calm as ever, despite experiencing such pivotal life accomplishments in such quick succession. Kiana Murden, Vogue, 1 Sep. 2026 Incumbents benefit from name recognition and being able to point to accomplishments like bringing home federal funding for projects in their district. Margie Cullen, USA Today, 1 Sep. 2026 Telling a story that brings them to life more than a list of bulleted accomplishments is essential. Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for accomplishment
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accomplishment
Noun
  • Even with their reluctance to run, the Tigers rank last with a 69 percent success rate on steals.
    Cody Stavenhagen, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • But, Pace says, those successes also should raise questions among policymakers about whether and why a civil government agency such as NASA needs to operate launch sites in the first place.
    Elizabeth Howell, Scientific American, 7 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • What ‘Higher-Performance Marketing’ Means Higher-performance marketing is not measured by speed of execution.
    George Couris, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
  • This, together with the execution of Lyanna’s father and oldest brother by Rhaegar’s father, the titular Mad King Aerys II, spurs Lyanna’s betrothed, Robert Baratheon (Callum Woodhouse), to move against Aerys.
    Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Wherever possible, quantify your achievements with metrics and include recognizable brands or clients.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2026
  • LaBute, whose filmography includes In the Company of Men (1997), Your Friends & Neighbors (1998), Nurse Betty (2000), Some Velvet Morning (2013), and House of Darkness (2022), will also receive a lifetime achievement honor at the fest.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Among the grants that were eliminated, frozen or delayed were ones related to maternal health in Michigan, education research in Mississippi and assistance to minority farmers in Iowa, the researchers found.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • For a woman who stopped her formal education after two years of high school, this was extraordinary.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Many of the buildings were cavernous fulfillment centers built during the pandemic-era online-shopping boom that were sitting empty near highways, airports and other transportation hubs.
    María Luisa Paúl, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • With fulfillment time as the firm’s North Star KPI, the team combined RPA, low-code tools and agentic AI to speed up inbound and outbound logistics, giving AI real autonomy over routing decisions.
    Rajesh Gharpure, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • The song was born of the realization that, as a professional entertainer and family breadwinner from the age of 9 — born to loving but woefully unprepared teen parents — Becky stepped in as head of the household.
    Suzy Exposito, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026
  • In his mind, the shift towards that realization was noticeably dramatic.
    Chris Barilla, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • Compounding fears was a terrifying warning from a former AI executive last week that AI could end civilization within a decade and the tech companies aren’t doing enough about it.
    S.E. Cupp, New York Daily News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • Whether the result of natural disasters, shifting industries, or mysteries that remain unsolved, these places offer a haunting reminder of just how quickly civilization can be undone.
    Charlotte Collins, Architectural Digest, 15 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • But any system for sports that isn’t negotiated by labor—the athletes—is bound to bring about implementation and interpretation disagreements and, in some cases, litigation.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Sep. 2026
  • The Democratic Republic of Congo sought to speed up the implementation of a strategic mining partnership with the US, which is looking to rival China’s influence in Africa.
    Jeronimo Gonzalez, semafor.com, 16 Sep. 2026

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“Accomplishment.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accomplishment. Accessed 17 Sep. 2026.

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